Why does my back hurt when I sleep after giving birth?

After giving birth, pregnant women will experience many adverse reactions in their bodies. For example, loss of appetite, fatigue, and drowsiness, etc. Some women will experience back pain when sleeping after childbirth. This situation has a great impact on their daily life. If the pregnant woman does not get enough rest, it will also affect the development of the baby. Therefore, timely treatment should be given. So let’s introduce what causes back pain when sleeping after childbirth?

Postpartum low back pain refers to low back pain after childbirth. This phenomenon is related to the reflex pain caused by the contraction of the uterus after childbirth.

After delivery, the tissue in the new mother's pelvis will not return to its pre-pregnancy state quickly, and the uterus will not be able to fully return to its original position. During this period of time, the ligaments connecting the pelvis become loose and weak. Moreover, if the discharge is not smooth during this period, it will cause blood congestion in the uterine cavity and cause lower back pain.

In addition, many mothers are less active during the confinement period, always lying or sitting in bed to rest, and their waist muscles lack exercise. However, they take supplements every day during the confinement period, which makes them easily consume too many calories and gain weight, increasing the burden on the waist. In addition, they often have to bend over to take care of the baby, such as bathing, dressing, changing diapers or picking up the baby from the cradle, etc., which can easily cause lumbar muscle strain and cause low back pain.

Generally, if rheumatism is not treated properly after childbirth, most of the cases will turn into serious rheumatism or rheumatoid arthritis in the later stages. Rheumatism is caused by wind evil that enters from the outside to the inside, penetrates the bone surface, causes blood circulation obstruction, leads to bone and muscle malnutrition, joint deformation, muscle atrophy, and dryness and necrosis of active joints. The internal circulation is not smooth, resulting in the accumulation of rheumatic metabolites in the joint cavity or between the skin, which cannot be discharged, resulting in swelling or edema all over the body, fluid accumulation in the active joint cavity, and metabolic disorders. This is also one of the causes of postpartum back pain. Therefore, if you suffer from postpartum rheumatism, you must actively seek treatment to effectively control the deterioration of the disease.

Many people suffer from postpartum low back pain. As long as the cause of the pain is found and the right medicine is prescribed, it can relieve and cure the pain.